Disney is planning a streaming service to rival Netflix. Scheduled to launch in November, Disney Plus will include all of Disney, most of Marvel, most of Pixar, all of Star Wars, and a lot of Fox programming, as well as hundreds of other television shows, the Disney Channel, National Geographic, etc. for which they will be charging $6.99 per month See Here’s How Disney+ Will Take Over the World on Wired.com
Just imagine how Blockbuster feels (if they existed beyond one store in Oregon) for rejecting Netflix as a merger partner.
Maybe their pricing structure will cause Netflix to offer better subscription prices, but "kid-friendly" programming doesn't really appeal to me. I'm sure households with small children will find the offerings attractive, though.
Although Disney and Fox will probably have a lot of stuff that I would watch, it does look like it's going to be especially attractive to people with children.
Disney "White-Washing" its streaming service... FULL ARTICLE "Disney+ promises to be the hub for the iconic brand’s past and present on-demand content — but not all oldies will be streaming. The 1946 film Song of the South will not be offered on the $7-per-month service and the Jim Crow scene in 1941’s Dumbo will be edited out, Boardwalk Times reports and The Hollywood Reporter confirms. That’s because both have been deemed racist — Song of the South for its portrayal of African-Americans working on a plantation and serving their white masters and the Doo-wop singing crows, one of which was actually named Jim Crow, a reference to the racist laws that allowed segregation." Let's just get busy changing everything that ever insulted anyone, ever. Meanwhile, at Warner Bros...
Beth. You beat me too it. This is PC gone mad. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/on-dema...ilm-song-south-wont-disney-streaming-service/
Just download the flim Song of the South. A lovely film and in no way is it racist. The mind boggles that anyone could think its racist and ban it.
(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co said it will take full control of the Hulu service in a deal with Comcast Corp, as it vies for a bigger piece of the global video streaming market dominated by companies such as Netflix Inc. The agreement, which ascribes a minimum equity value to Hulu of $27.5 billion, allows either company to trigger a sale or purchase of Comcast's 33% stake to Disney as early as January 2024. Comcast has also agreed to fund Hulu's recent buyout of AT&T's 9.5% interest in the company. FULL ARTICLE
Seems to me that the big guys in streaming are trying to monopolize the business, kind of like the cable companies. I predict that the "cord cutters" will be in for some unpleasant surprises in the future, as prices for streaming services rise.
I think you're right. I made that comparison in reference to cable a few years ago. Cable came out as the better alternative to network television, with more options and no ads, but you had to pay a monthly fee. The problem with network TV was that all you had to buy was the television set and, if you lived in a rural area, a rooftop antenna, and you were set for years. Cable brought a monthly bill. Streaming will end up as something that we not only have to pay for Internet access, but a fee for each channel that we want to watch, plus they will have ads.